Java converting Image to BufferedImage

Question

There is already question like this link on StackOverflow and the accepted answer is "casting":

Image image = ImageIO.read(new File(file)); BufferedImage buffered = (BufferedImage) image; 

In my program I try:

final float FACTOR  = 4f; BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new File("graphic.png")); int scaleX = (int) (img.getWidth() * FACTOR); int scaleY = (int) (img.getHeight() * FACTOR); Image image = img.getScaledInstance(scaleX, scaleY, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH); BufferedImage buffered = (BufferedImage) image; 

Unfortunatelly I get run time error:

sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage cannot be cast to java.awt.image.BufferedImage

Obviously casting does not work.
Question is: What is (or is there) the proper way of converting Image to BufferedImage?

Answer 1

From a Java Game Engine:

/**  * Converts a given Image into a BufferedImage  *  * @param img The Image to be converted  * @return The converted BufferedImage  */ public static BufferedImage toBufferedImage(Image img) {     if (img instanceof BufferedImage)     {         return (BufferedImage) img;     }      // Create a buffered image with transparency     BufferedImage bimage = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(null), img.getHeight(null), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);      // Draw the image on to the buffered image     Graphics2D bGr = bimage.createGraphics();     bGr.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);     bGr.dispose();      // Return the buffered image     return bimage; }